Future Frames: Generation NEXT of European Cinema 2019 / Was bleibt / Germany, Luxembourg 2018
Alice is undergoing treatment for breast cancer. Her boyfriend Moritz tries to be supportive, but he isn’t capable of fully understanding her state of mind (or at least that’s how it seems to Alice). The young woman tries to overcome her fears of an uncertain future, but she struggles to come to terms with her operation-scarred body. An intimate film about a sensitive but also highly important topic.
Alice is undergoing treatment for breast cancer. Although the operation is successful, chemotherapy and the resulting hair loss remind the young woman that her struggle for survival is not yet over. Although her boyfriend Moritz tries to be supportive, he isn’t capable of fully understanding her state of mind (or at least that’s how it seems to Alice). Her shame at her operation-scarred body continues to place a barrier between her and the one person who should be closest to her. Alice tries to overcome her demons, but her reserves of strength are limited. Touch Me is a sensitive, highly intimate film about the anxiety that accompanies an uncertain future, but it’s also about having the courage to live with those fears.
Anna Kořínek
21 min / Color, DCP
Director Eileen Byrne
/ Screenplay Eileen Byrne, Elodie Malanda
/ Dir. of Photography Rebecca Meining
/ Music Marc-Sydney Müller, Carolin Heiss
/ Editor Sebastian Wild, Laura Heine
/ Art Director Andreas Widmann
/ Producer Matthias Nerlich, Felix Parson, Christoph Ito Herrmann
/ Production Südhang Films GmbH
/ Coproduction Paul Thiltges Distributions, University of Television and Film Munich
/ Cast Kristin Suckow, Max Bretschneider
/ Contact Film Fund Luxembourg
Eileen Byrne (Luxembourg City, Luxembourg). Filmography: La nuit passée (2008, short), Mena (2008, short), Pas de deux (2009, short), Legal.Illegal (2011, short), Eloge (2013, short), Iridescence (2017, dance video), Touch Me (Was bleibt, 2018, short)
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